# Incident 20071102829509I: Piper PA23250, Hickory, NC, November 2, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2007, 17:20 local time
- Place: Hickory, NC
- Airport: Hickory Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7411° N, 81.3896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HICKORY RGNL (HKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7411&lon=-81.3896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40276, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40276-2017-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,644 total, 43 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071102829509I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTING PATTERN WORK RUNWAY 06. STUDENT HEARD SCRAPING NOISE ON LANDING AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP EXCESSIVELY AND YAWED/ROLLED LEFT. CFI PERCEIVED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND TOOK CONTROLS, LOWERED THE NOSE, REDUCED POWER AND GAVE GEAR HANDLE A PUSH DOWN AND ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE. GEAR COLLAPSED, AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON SIDE OF RUNWAY. CREW THOUGHT GEAR HAD BEEN EXTENDED, HOWEVER NEITHER PILOT WAS 100% SURE.

## Other reports on N40276 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780810035169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780810035169A), Aug 10, 1978: Piper PA23 (N40276), Bedford, MA, Substantial damage. Rt wing leading edge skin torn free. Nose ribs dmgd,drooping downw& septd from attachments.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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